Unscramble OBSCURELY and you have 269 words, OBSCURELY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are COLBYS and CROUSELY, 13 points each. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OBSCURELY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in OBSCURELY: CROUSELY, 13 points.
Among the 6-letter words from OBSCURELY, COLBYS leads with 13 points, then BERYLS and BLOUSY on 11. SOURCE, COURSE and BUYERS are the familiar ones.
COLBY, CORBY and CYBER are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSCURELY, 12 points each. BUYER, CLUBS and BLUES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSCURELY, the top score is 9, reached by 25. CLUB, BLUE and BOYS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from OBSCURELY, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. BUY, YES and BOY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OBSCURELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
OBSCURELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OBSCURELY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSCURELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 210 | 269 | 194 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CORYLUS, SCROYLE, BECURLS, CLOYES, COLEYS, COREYS, CORSEY, BECURL, BLEYS, BREYS, CLOYE, CLUEY and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COLBYS, COLBY, CYBER, BROEY, CORYS, SCROB, RUBELS, RYUS, YOUS, RYU, YER, BES and 4 more, 16 in all.